Text · Psalm 129
Oft Did They Vex Me from My Youth
Oft did they vex me from my youth
from the Scottish Psalter, 1650 · 8.6.8.6
1.Oft did they vex me from my youth,
may Isr'el now declare;
Oft did they vex me from my youth,
yet not victorious were.
2.The ploughers ploughed upon my back;
they long their furrows drew.
The righteous Lord did cut the cords
of the ungodly crew.
3.Let Zion's haters all be turned
back with confusion.
As grass on houses' tops be they,
which fades ere it be grown:
4.Whereof enough to fill his hand
the mower cannot find;
Nor can the man his bosom fill,
whose work is sheaves to bind.
5.Neither say they who do go by,
God's blessing on you rest:
We in the name of God the Lord
do wish you to be blessed.
Sung to
- ST. ANNE — William Croft · C.M.
- ARLINGTON — Thomas Augustine Arne · C.M.
- AZMON — Carl G. Gläser · C.M.
- BEATITUDO — John Bacchus Dykes · C.M.
- DETROIT — William Bradshaw · C.M.
- DUNDEE — Scottish Psalter (Edinburgh), 1615 · C.M.
- EVAN — or 'Eva' William H. Havergal · C.M.
- LEA — James Lea Summers · C.M.
- NEW BRITAIN — Carrell & Clayton · C.M.
- PETER'S ADMONITION — Joshua Raj · C.M.
- RICHMOND — Thomas Haweis · C.M.
- ST. AGNES — John Bacchus Dykes · C.M.
- ST. ETHELDREDA — Thomas Turton · C.M.
- ST. FLAVIAN — Day's Psalter, 1562 · C.M.
- WINCHESTER OLD — Thomas Est, The Whole Book of Psalmes, 1592 · C.M.
Same meter but needs editorial underlay: BALLERMA, CLEANSING FOUNTAIN, CRIMOND, GLASGOW, GRÄFENBERG, MANOAH, MARTYRDOM, MCKEE, ORTONVILLE, ST. MAGNUS, ST. STEPHEN, STRACATHRO.
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